Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 205, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1914 — 16-YEAR-OLD BOY SAVES TWO [ARTICLE]

16-YEAR-OLD BOY SAVES TWO

Milton Smith Risks His Use to Rescue Men FSom Drowning at Coplay, Pa. Coplay, Pa. —Slxteen-year-old Miltoll Smith of this place proved himself a hero when he saved two men from drowning in the Lehigh river and jusi missed reaching Raymond Nolf, eight een years old, who was drowned. Le-d Stauffer and William Klepplnger wen the rescued men. All four, following their day’s work at a bakery, .Went in swimming in the river. As they wers wading about, the quartette suddenly stepped into a deep hole, forming a bridge pier. Stauffer and Klepplnger made an effort to t rescue Nolf and would have been drowned if Smith had not been near. After helping Stauffer and Klepplnger to shore, Smith went after Nolf, but he had sunk and his body could not bfe located.